Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 17, 2003· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2002-1398
CVE-2002-1398
Description
Buffer overflow in the date parser for PostgreSQL before 7.2.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long date string, aka a vulnerability "in handling long datetime input."
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Affected products
10cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:6.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 9 more
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:6.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:6.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <7.2.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
No source-code context for this CVE — mechanics is only generated when we can read the actual fix diff. Without that, the four sections (root cause, attack vector, affected code, fix) would be speculation rather than analysis.
References
10- archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-announce/2002-08/msg00004.phpnvd
- marc.infonvd
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- marc.infonvd
- marc.infonvd
- marc.infonvd
- secunia.com/advisories/8034nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-165nvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_038_postgresql.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-001.htmlnvd
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